WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A man has lost his life after an unusual crash Tuesday night, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP)

Around 8:30 p.m. on September 2, troopers were called to a crash on North Pine Run Road near Moses Spring Road. This is a few miles north of Rutherwood.

Troopers say 55-year-old Michael Allen Duncan Jr., of Blowing Rock, was driving a motorized electric bike south on North Pine Run Road when he hit a deer in the road.

Duncan was thrown from the bike. He later passed away at a local hospital. Officials say Dencan was not speeding nor impaired.

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